WizKids GenCon FAQ

[DKJedi]

Hello,

Figured I would post a thread where players can ask the questions they have about the events at GenCon which are below:

GenCon 2011 Event Descriptions
HeroClix Battle Royale (Marvel): Interested in fast and furious HeroClix play? Want to prove you’re the best no matter what team you draft? Then this event is for you! The Marvel HeroClix Battle Royales will be offered in four-player pods and will utilize boosters from the Giant-Size X-Men or Captain America expansion.
Cost for this event will be $12 (6 Generic Tickets for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Thurs-Fri (9AM-Midnight), Sat (10AM-6PM), Sun (10AM-4PM)

HeroClix Battle Royale (DC): Interested in fast and furious HeroClix play? Want to prove you’re the best no matter what team you draft? Then this event is for you! The DC HeroClix Battle Royales will be offered in four-player pods and will utilize boosters from the DC 75th Anniversary expansion.
Cost for this event will be $12 (6 Generic Tickets for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Thurs-Fri (9AM-Midnight), Sat (10AM-6PM), Sun (10AM-4PM)

HeroClix King of the Hill (Marvel): Battle it out for supremacy in this special sealed event and prove you have what it takes to be King of the Hill! As long as you continue to win, your boosters will be provided for you! Those with the best record will qualify for the KotH Finals event on Sunday, with the grand prize of designing your own HeroClix element! (ATA, Feat, BFC) The Marvel HeroClix King of the Hill events will utilize two boosters from the Marvel Captain America expansion.
Cost for this event will be $24 (12 Generic Tickets for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Thurs-Fri (9AM-Midnight), Sat (10AM-6PM)

HeroClix King of the Hill (DC): Battle it out for supremacy in this special sealed event and prove you have what it takes to be King of the Hill! As long as you continue to win, your boosters will be provided for you! Those with the best record will qualify for the KotH Finals event on Sunday, with the grand prize of designing your own HeroClix element! (ATA, Feat, BFC) The DC HeroClix King of the Hill events will utilize two boosters from the DC 75th Anniversary expansion.
Cost for this event will be $24 (12 Generic Tickets for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Thurs-Fri (9AM-Midnight), Sat (10AM-6PM)

HeroClix King of the Hill Finals: THIS IS IT! You’ve battled it out over the last three days to reach the top of the hill. Do you have what it takes to really be the King of the Hill? Compete for the grand prize of designing your own HeroClix element! (ATA, Feat, BFC) This King of the Hill event will utilize one booster each from the Captain America and DC 75th Anniversary expansions.
Cost for this event will be covered by Wizkids.
Availability/Schedule: Sunday 11AM

HeroClix Open Play Event: Have a killer team you want to try out? Do you and your friends need to kill some time before the next big HeroClix event? Join us for some HeroClix Free Play in the WizKids Tournament Area and battle it out for supremacy! Free Play will be contingent on availability of table space in the tournament area so check early and often!
Cost for this event will be $2 (1 Generic Ticket for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Thurs-Fri (9AM-Midnight), Sat (10AM-6PM), Sun (10AM-4PM)

HeroClix Giant-Size X-Men Super Booster Event: Join us for this very special sealed event! Bring up to 300 points of Modern Age figures and purchase 1 Giant Sixe X-Men super-booster. Using the contents of your super-booster at its maximum point value and your selected figures, build the best 600 point force you can but you must use your colossal! This event will be limited to 64 players so be sure to secure your place early. Build the best team and tower over the competition!
Cost for this event will be $24 (12 Generic Tickets for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Thursday, 1 PM

HeroClix Golden Age Universe Specific Event: Which super-universe is the strongest out there? Build a 300 point Golden Age, universe-specific (all Marvel, DC, or Indy) team and lead it to victory! Feats and BFCs are considered “universe-independent”. All Standard HeroClix Tournament Rules apply.
Cost for this event will be $2 (1 Generic Ticket for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Friday 10AM

HeroClix Modern Age Keyword Event: Build 6 separate 300 Point Modern Age theme teams, each utilizing only one of the following keywords: Animal, Gotham City, Robot, S.H.I.E.L.D., Sinestro Corps, and X-Men. On the day of the event, bring all six teams. At the event it will be revealed which keyword you will use for your team for each round of the event.
Cost for this event will be $2 (1 Generic Ticket for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Friday 2PM

HeroClix Modern Age Brave Team-Up Event: Build the best 300 point Modern Age team but each force may only have two figures! One must be from Marvel HeroClix and One from DC HeroClix! Band your heroes together and lead them to glory!
Cost for this event will be $2 (1 Generic Ticket for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Friday 6PM

HeroClix Modern Age Call in the Cavalry Event: Build a 600 point Modern
Age force and get ready to rumble! Each player will begin the game with only 300 points of their force on the map, but once 150 points of their team has been eliminated, the remaining 300 points begin play in that player’s starting area! Will you need reinforcements, or can you break your opponent’s front lines?
Cost for this event will be $2 (1 Generic Ticket for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Saturday 10AM

HeroClix Modern Age Colossal Event: Build the best 600 point Modern Age force and lead it to victory! Each force must contain one Colossal figure. Will your force tower above the rest, or will you shrink under the pressure? All Standard HeroClix Tournament Rules apply.
Cost for this event will be $2 (1 Generic Ticket for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Saturday 11AM

HeroClix Golden Age Comic Theme Event: Build the best 300 Point Golden Age force you can and fight for glory! Your force must be comic accurate and you must bring a comic book to prove it! Will your team rule the day, or will it fall into obscurity?
Cost for this event will be $2 (1 Generic Ticket for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Saturday 2PM

HeroClix Golden Age Event: Anything goes in this 300 point Golden Age game. Show the players in Worlds what you can do with Heroclix figures from across the Ages. Build the best force you can and lead it to victory! All Standard HeroClix Tournament Rules apply.
Cost for this event will be $2 (1 Generic Ticket for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Sunday 10AM

HeroClix World Championship “Grinder” Qualifying Event: Want to play in Worlds and prove you’ve got what it takes to be the BEST? “Grinders” are sealed qualifiers made up of 8 people. Players can participate in as many sealed qualifiers as they want in order to try to earn one of the slots in the semi-finals. Each sealed event will be run for 3 rounds and the winner will qualify for the semi-finals. This event will utilize one booster each from the Captain America and DC 75th Anniversary expansions.
Cost for this event will be $24 (12 Generic Tickets for each player).
Availability/Schedule: Thurs-Fri (9AM-Midnight)

HeroClix World Championship Semi-Finals Event: You fought your way through the Grinders, now prepare for the next stage of the HeroClix Worlds Championship! Build the best 300 Point Modern Age force and fight for your seat in the HeroClix World Championship Finals!
Cost for this event will be covered by Wizkids.
Availability/Schedule: Saturday 10AM

HeroClix World Championship Final Event: THIS IS IT! You’ve battled through two days of grueling competition and victory is in sight! Build the best 300 point Modern Age force and fight it out with the rest of the Top 16 and see who emerges victorious as the 2011 HeroClix World Champion!
Cost for this event will be covered by Wizkids.
Availability/Schedule: Sunday 10AM

Of course, I won't have answers for all of your questions but I will answer the ones that I can.

Darin

[DKJedi]

Could this be stickied. Thanks

[Doom's herald]

I scoured the Origins FAQ and couldn't find anything about how prizes were distributed between battle royales/grinders/etc. I'm assuming Gencon will mirror whatever was done there.

So can anyone tell me which prizes were given out for which types of tournaments? I'm going to Gencon and would like to get an idea of which tournaments I should be playing in to try to win some con exclusives.

for instance, are horsement participation prizes and wonder woman/moonstone go to the winner? Or do only 1st & fellowship get a horseman and wonderwoman/moonstone are strictly grinder/collosal event prizes?

I would like to split my time at Gencon between seeing friends i haven't seen in awhile and playing in battle royales/king of the hill tournaments in order to get as many con exclusives as possible and would like to get an idea of the prize distribution.

[dweez009]

For the Colossal Event , in order to have a theme team do all the members need to have the same KEYWORD or is there a special RULE for this Event since there is no sure way to know which one youll be getting?

For Example I build a 300 pt Theme team and pull a Sentinel. Could my theme team still Qualify as a theme team even though the Sentinel may not have the same KEYWORD?

[mike_houghton]

Will there be Fellowship for events. What events will have Fellowship prizes? What will the prizes be for Fellowship?

For those events that there are filled already, will you be taking alternatives for those events in case someone can not make it. Also what will the process for that be. If someone decides they do not want to play in the event can they give you their ticket and you play in it?

[mike_houghton]

For King of the Hill, if you are the last winner on each day do you have to start over the next day, or can you continue your streak?

[dweez009]

For King of the Hill, if you are the last winner on each day do you have to start over the next day, or can you continue your streak?
I believe last year it was continue.

[mike_houghton]

Can we have confirmation on how many grinders will be held? There are conflicting opinions and we could really use some confirmation.

[squirecam]

This really does need to be addressed ASAP.

How much product will you have?

32 Grinders or 64?

What dropping rules will be in place to allow evening players to play in grinders as promised?

[iceman243]

Will there be Fellowship for events. What events will have Fellowship prizes? What will the prizes be for Fellowship?



This is very important, IMHO. Fellowship was one of the great things about Wizkids events and I believe it helped create a very fun atmosphere that helped keep the game alive.

So will there still be Fellowship, even if it's only for certain events?

[iceman243]

For the grinders, is it a standard 300 pt build?

[dweez009]

Whats the point of this thread if no one with official info is answering the questions? Im not sayin stop asking but Id like some official Answers from Wizkids, Please.

PS:

For the comic book themed golden age event will a digital comic fulfill the comic requirement or do i need a physical one?

[nbperp]

For the Colossal Event , in order to have a theme team do all the members need to have the same KEYWORD or is there a special RULE for this Event since there is no sure way to know which one youll be getting?

For Example I build a 300 pt Theme team and pull a Sentinel. Could my theme team still Qualify as a theme team even though the Sentinel may not have the same KEYWORD?

No special rules for keywords.

Will there be Fellowship for events. What events will have Fellowship prizes? What will the prizes be for Fellowship?

I'm not sure that we have a special fellowhsip prize targeted for each event, however judges are equipped with prizes to hand out during the day whenever they see something fellowship-worthy.

For those events that there are filled already, will you be taking alternatives for those events in case someone can not make it. Also what will the process for that be.

We will have an alternate sign up list for each event. It will be posted some specific time prior to the event (probably about an hour).

At the time the event is supposed to start, we will review to see how many pre-reg'd people are present. We will then call names from the waiting list one by one.

If someone decides they do not want to play in the event can they give you their ticket and you play in it?

Yes - we do not validate the name to the badge.

For King of the Hill, if you are the last winner on each day do you have to start over the next day, or can you continue your streak?

You would need to show up at the appropriate start time the next morning and you would be seated. if you are not on time, you will have effectively forfeited your prize for the previous win (though the win will still count towards your record, obviously).

Can we have confirmation on how many grinders will be held? There are conflicting opinions and we could really use some confirmation.

At least 32 per day.

What dropping rules will be in place to allow evening players to play in grinders as promised?

Dropping rules are not something we will be putting in place at GenCon. That said, there will be evening grinders as promised.

For the grinders, is it a standard 300 pt build?

Yes

Whats the point of this thread if no one with official info is answering the questions? Im not sayin stop asking but Id like some official Answers from Wizkids, Please.

Well, to be honest, I either didn't know or had forgotten that this thread existed. With this post, I'm not subscribed to it, so I'll be back any time it is updated.

For the comic book themed golden age event will a digital comic fulfill the comic requirement or do i need a physical one?

This is a very narrow line. It boils down to this - if the judge who has to review the entry doesn't know for sure that the comc in question is real, then you're putting yourself in a bad place by not having the physical comic. Because there is no obligation on the judge to believe that an electronic file cobbled together on your digital device is real. The obligation is on you to provide sufficeint evidence that the comic team you're playing is accurate.

So, for example, if you brought an electronic cover of Giant-Size X-Men #1 and had Cyclops, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine as your team, then I would not be very concerned. On the other hand, if you're bringing together that rare team-up where Warpath and Cannonball teamed up with Superman, then an electronic copy is probably not your best bet.

[dweez009]

Thank you sir you are a gentleman and a scholar.

[SLVRSR4]

I scoured the Origins FAQ and couldn't find anything about how prizes were distributed between battle royales/grinders/etc. I'm assuming Gencon will mirror whatever was done there.

So can anyone tell me which prizes were given out for which types of tournaments? I'm going to Gencon and would like to get an idea of which tournaments I should be playing in to try to win some con exclusives.

for instance, are horsement participation prizes and wonder woman/moonstone go to the winner? Or do only 1st & fellowship get a horseman and wonderwoman/moonstone are strictly grinder/collosal event prizes?

I would like to split my time at Gencon between seeing friends i haven't seen in awhile and playing in battle royales/king of the hill tournaments in order to get as many con exclusives as possible and would like to get an idea of the prize distribution.

This mirrors my questions basically. I really don't want to be spending all of my time and money on events that have no prizes that I need.

[nbperp]

This mirrors my questions basically. I really don't want to be spending all of my time and money on events that have no prizes that I need.

There was an article on heroclix.com recently that had as much of this info that I think is known. I would link, but I'm firewalled here.

[squirecam]

IIRC, the article said it would be random choices of horsemen, WW and moony for grinders.

[DKJedi]

http://heroclix.com/announcements/conventions-announcements/on-the-road%e2%80%a6where-does-he-get-those-wonderful-toys/

Here's a link to the prize article.

By the way, there are no true convention exclusives. The Horsemen have already been prizes for HCO tournies and a formal announcement on other ways to get the Horsemen and the Wonder Woman and Moonstone will be announced by the end of the year.

[badseed02]

this question might have already been asked. the heroclix pick -up event that cost 2 gen tickets will there be prizes for this tourny or just a game to pass time and if just a pass time game why does it cost 2 gen tickets???

[SLVRSR4]

IIRC, the article said it would be random choices of horsemen, WW and moony for grinders.

Did it say anything about prizes for Battle Royales? My main concern is that my Wife said I can't come home without a Wonder Woman. I want it as much as she does, but I want to come home more. :nervous:

[nbperp]

this question might have already been asked. the heroclix pick -up event that cost 2 gen tickets will there be prizes for this tourny or just a game to pass time and if just a pass time game why does it cost 2 gen tickets???

Every 2 folks that swing by for a pick up game (assuming we have table space) will be seated and the game will be awarded 2 PNP cards for participating in a WK event. Now, if those 2 cards a a participation prize for each player or a prize for the winner, we leave that to the discretion of the 2 people in the match.

Did it say anything about prizes for Battle Royales? My main concern is that my Wife said I can't come home without a Wonder Woman. I want it as much as she does, but I want to come home more. :nervous:

You probably want to be winning a DC Battle Royal, then.